March 07, 2014
The Healing of a Centurion’s Servant
A reading from the Gospel of Saint Matthew 8, 5 – 13:
When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him and appealed to him, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, suffering dreadfully.”
Jesus said to him, “I will come and cure him.” The centurion said in reply, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof, only say the word and my servant will be healed. For I too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘come here,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith. I say to you, many will come from the east and the west, and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the banquet in the kingdom of heaven, but the children of the kingdom will be driven out into the outer darkness, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.” And Jesus said to the centurion, “You may go; as you have believed, let it be done for you.” And at that very hour his servant was healed.
Today Thursday I attended the funeral of My Aunt Josephine in our parish church. Many members of her family were present at the Holy Mass and we all prayed for her entry into heaven.
Below you will find the message of Our Lord, the Son of God, given to Father Melvin. Jesus spoke to him these words,
“You have read the Bible My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters who live in every country of the world. You know that I have the power to heal all kinds of sicknesses and when I was on earth I healed many people. I was really struck when the centurion came to Me to ask for the healing of his servant who was suffering very much. I was ready to go to his house and heal that person, but the centurion felt he was not worthy that I go to his house for he knew that I was the blessed of God. He simply asked Me to say the word and his servant would be healed. What great faith this man had! What was very strange is that the centurion was not a Jew but a Roman. Wherever I saw such great faith, I could not do anything else but pronounce the word and heal the one who was sick. Indeed the servant was healed instantly.
There are many in the world today who have this gift of healing given to them by Me. Their prayer is very powerful for My power of healing goes through them. They can heal sick people of any sickness including cancer, heart disease, blindness, those that are deaf and those who cannot walk. There is no sickness I cannot heal. I love to show My love to the people especially those who are sick by healing them. I bless you and I love you all.”
Father Melvin
P.S. I prayed for my Aunt Josephine today and I thank you for all your prayers for her too. I am sure she is now in heaven